PEASANT PLAYING A BALALAIKA
Creator(s): Gardner Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Breakfast Room
About this object
A partly glazed porcelain figurine of a smiling brown bearded man playing balalaika and leaning against a brown tree trunk. He has a white blouse trimmed in red and wears a black hat, black trousers and boots. Rectangular plinth is green on top and red brown on sides.
- Object name:
- PEASANT PLAYING A BALALAIKA
- Made from:
- Biscuit
- Made in:
- Verbilki, Russia
- Date made:
- 1880-1917
- Size:
- 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 25.78
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK underneath: red overglaze stamp of Gardner Factory, name within circle and imperial eagle, impressed mark St. george, Gardner Cyrillic and 4
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973